Plantain Fritters (Ethakka Appam)…a taste of home 😘

I make no evening snacks at home in Bangalore, cooking three meals a day itself is never ending work for me. At tea time, we make do with biscuits or cake or even bread with peanut butter or jam, or some other bakery bought stuff and maybe even Maggie noodles but never actually attempted to…

A taste of Kerala…😘

Looks like Brownies; but no 😌 Homemade; yes ! 😘 It’s a fruit halwa… 😉 Jackfruit halwa 🤗 Tasty and unique to Kerala…a taste of home !! Till next post, take care !!

Sweet start to the month 🥭

June is always special; celebrating the arrival of the monsoon ⛈ ; but this year it is in June that we finally got to taste this year’s mangoes🥭. So double celebrations🥳. Usually we get a carton from Kerala filled with our homegrown Moovandan mangoes; but this time, mom said most of the mangoes were infested…

Summer delights 🍹

” Some compensations of summer: Shade, and an iced drink. Laziness. Siesta. A cool breeze. Wearing as few or whatever clothes as one likes. The exquisite shock from a bucket of cold water. And the fruit, the fruit! “ – Ruskin Bond in A Little Book of Serenity 🌸 A homemade lime mint cooler with…

Summer treats 🍉

Fruits are abundant in summer. All we need to decide is whether to mix them up or eat them alone. Watermelon works well either ways🍉. Below is a combo of watermelon with pomegranate seeds garnished with chopped mint leaves – a simple suggestion by Nigella Lawson; it’s refreshing and sweet. People will be first wowed visually…